Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27
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all narrow mind d Tories, any more
than because We live on an island our
sympathies and ways Of looking at
things must necessarily be insuIar.
We Britons here have almost ss great
horror of exclusiveness as you have,
and from what know Of your civilizl-
ton | sm convinced that each people
would fnd it TO their advantage to cul-
tivate and become better acquainted
With the other.
A special correspondent of the Lon
doc TiDles was through our city some
months ago, and speaking o. our civil
z4tion observed that, on the whole, Is
reminded hin more Of California than
England. think the observation Just
one, for while IL IL the red ensign which
datters from our mast heads and public
buildings, our modes of speech and ex-
preston are more in harmony
WITH TIE LAND OF THE STARS AND
sTRIPEs.
As matter of fact, Victoria Is one Of
the most cosmopolitan cities 10 the
world, the peculIarities Of different
natioBalities being all blended here il
federalized dialect and custom.
Hhosgh Canadian money is ouE cur
Feney, United States and English coin
passes Just as freely, while We have the
same class Of nomenclature for it as you
do 10 America. As our society is made
up Of such heterogeneous elements, 50,
for that reason,
WE HAVE NO PREJUDICEs
And race distinctions are as little felt
here as in any sea port In the world.
The past winter has been one Of the
severess ever experienced, but TO COM
pensats for 1t the approaching spring
promises TO be one Of the miIdest and
most genial. Already the fruit trees
are beginning TO put forth their bios
som, and on ell hands there are signs
OF the times" too plain to be misread.
1oR must be aware that Beacon Hill
Park IL our national pleasure ground.
It Is favOrite res lFt Of the contem-
platiVe and love sick, and for extent of
acreage aud beauty Of scenery is IN
matched By any pleasure resort in the
province. Many fine specimens of the
Douglas pine fringe its borders, and the
Juan aad she olympic Range Is most
bewitohing.
From various sources learn that
your
SOUND PORT Is THREATENED WIFE
BOOM.
only wish we HISTORIANS could antici-
pate the same for our city. UnfOrtu
nately, however, there IL nothing to In
dioate that any great measure of pros
perity is in the near future for us, and
while We do not envy you your good
luck We cannot help wishing some of Il
might DO diverted our way. Whatever
may be our resources on the main land,
tue mountainous character Of the island
OF Vancouver renders it unsuitable for
raising cereals, and as a grazing coun-
try 1t would prove Improbable, too.
There are some excellent dairy faros in
the neighborhoOd Of Victoria, and as to
the potatoes and carrots We raise they
are 10 be excellsd nowhere in the world.
For all that VIctorians know that the
wealth Of their island
LIES IN COAL,
In which useful but uupieturesqus com.
mo ity Ve can probably rival you. As
hunting ground for the sportsman and
naturalist our island is unTivalled, and
the wealth and diversity of It's fauna
add hora make IL a paradise for the
collector and botanist. As q sanitarium
and health resort Victoria is a sort of
northern Monterey With none of The
drawbacks in the way OF poverty
strIokeR native pOpu stiOn that the Cali
fornia watering place has. Oar man
sions. our villas aud eur gardens are
THE ADMIRATION OF ALI WHO sKE THEM,
And the many evidences of wealth and
prosperity around Us, form the best re-
ply we oaH give TO our alleged want Of
enterprise and push. II is true We take
life easily and prefer getting rich in q
slow aud comfort BILE method TO the
Slap dash breathless one you pursue.
When, however, you say OF Us that We
shut up eur places of business on the
occasion OF any one giving a picnic, or
that our Parliament adj0urns on the
anniversary Of anybeds's birthday, you
are guilty % gross exsggeration. We
have got here
THE MOST IxDRRATtakBLK rows COUNCIL
IN The woBLD,
Their energies ever being absorbed by
the making OF roads or grading of side.
walks. II there is one thing VietOrians
NAAAH AhCUeCANCa GH0u NHoEE Nahu AZ
other it is the perfection of their roads,
which latter, as far as my experience
goes, are esaalled By none outside OF
the mother country. They are all con
strncted on the MaeAdAn principle, are
as hard a. iron aud. generally speaking,
as level as pine board. Oar Council
excel everywhere except when they are
IN deliberation, and then the "soenes"
which take place. the reoFimiHAtions
and bandying OF insults are more
worthy OF pack Of school boys than
OF she aignided proceedings OF a
gathering Of city fathers Mayor Fsll
has been reelected TO Office again and
thus bears his blashing honOFs thick
upon him for a second time. HIS
friends assert that there is a career be
fore him equal in magaihcence to that
81 Wilmington. and the Vorthy grocer
would be more than human II he did
not entertain
SOME ASPIRATIONS or RKISG KsIaHTED.
His form Is portly. his bearing i'm
pressive aud be u understood TO cherish
very broad opinions 40 to the common
rights Of humanity. Added 30 this he
IL freethinker. has the courage OF his
convictions and is not afraid 80 speak
. piecs.'
The blocks on the Canadian Pacific
Will be less frequent as the sam-
mer approaches, although the ineonven-
ienec caused by their length this past
winter has NEST seriously Affected basi-
ness- The nee Liestensnt Governor
rises in popularity and before his tern
Of ofaoe expires promises 80 be a. great
favor.te with toe peC ple - bis prede- |
cessor Was Tbere IL no doabt tae Eng
lish Government Is fully alive TO the ]
straieseficA inaportA1es OF the harboF 4
u EsQnimalt, ~ i evineed BY the pre- /
psrApOos Shieh are bsiSs made % for /
tsfy IL With she S0-toa.Suns 20 arrive |
for u next mouth. With she armament 1
already ~ the spst. and With its OwH /
nsturA! advantages. oar beAnti nj sub i
urosn hsrecr saoaia Be rendered i'm /
preguAoie. IL is runarsd that several 4
% Her AAi-ssy's shigs 10 the \ nth Pa 1
CHS are 90 assemble At EsqaimAlt in /
aHe for the parPsse Of boldinS
GRAND NAVAL KkyIna.
II this - 40 we may lock for an iufax
% visitors from Seattle. As have
alntEd before there "a a Sineefzk - rra-.